Photograph Of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles And Lieutenant Colonel Marion P. Maus In Coachella, California In 1902

UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Publication: 1902,

Photograph of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Lieutenant Colonel Marion P. Maus standing outside of a train in Coachella, California with 4 employees of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Image is trimmed to 6.5" wide x 4.5" high. Lt. Gen. Miles was Commanding General of the U.S. Army at that time, the last to hold that office before it was transformed to Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in 1903, when Miles retired. Nelson served in the Civil War, the later Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War. Lieutenant Colonel Marion P. Maus was aide de camp to Miles at the time of this photograph. Maus had served as the Chief of Scouts to General Miles during the New Perce War, receiving a Silver Star for gallantry at the Battle of Bear Mountain. It was to Maus that Chief Joseph spoke his famous words, "From where the sun now sits, I will fight no more forever." Maus is best known for commanding the Apache Scouts in General Crook's campaign into Mexico in pursuit of Geronimo and Natchez, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous bravery in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Mexico in January, 1886. Geronimo later described Maus as "the bravest man I've ever seen"! He later served in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. As Commander of the Columbia, Maus maintained order in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Maus retired as Brigadier General in 1913 after a 40 year career in the U.S. Army. The photograph has been trimmed due to a previous owner having glued it to a mat. A clean, clear image with each person identified on verso. A rare image of 2 important military leaders.